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a small number of sherds, plain or decorated with pigment, our search was unre- 

 warded. 



Mound 3. 



This mound, somewhat oblong in shape, had a base diameter of 35 by 45 feet. 

 Its height was 5 feet. The mound was entirely leveled. With the exception of 

 the usual charcoal and two or three sherds, absolutely nothing was encountered. 



Mound 4. 



The shape of this mound, and the fact that it had undergone no previous in- 

 vestigation, inspired us with hope, especially as it was evident that the roots of 

 trees had protected its summit against the ravages of time. Its height was 7*5 

 feet, its base diameter 95 feet. The diameter of its summit plateau was 60 feet. 

 Twenty-one men working five days leveled it to the base. There was no stratifica- 

 tion. Charcoal was found in places, usually on the base, and occasionally bones of 

 deer in association. In the body of the mound were no human remains, though 

 two human skeletons were met with superficially. Sherds were very infrequent. 



On the base, separately, were five rude arrow heads and an unfinished imple- 

 ment of chert. In caved sand was a polished hatchet of stone, and two feet from 



Fig. 44. Object of Steatite, Mound 4. (Full size.) 



the surface was an object of Steatite, 3 inches in length, with cross-hatched decora- 

 tion on upper surface (Fig. 44). 



The disproportionate area of the summit plateau gave to the mound the ap- 

 pearance of a platform rather than of the usual cone, truncated near the apex. In 

 view of the possible accidental introduction of the arrow heads and the absence of 

 human remains and relics other than superficial, we may consider this mound to 

 have been erected possibly for domiciliary purposes. 



Mound Near Beak Island, Putnam County. 



On the mainland near Bear Island on the Ocklawaha, about 8 miles from the 

 mouth, was a small mound of white sand demolished by us with entirely negative 

 results. 



Davenport, Putnam County. 



This interesting little mound, on a bluff of the Ocklawaha at Davenport, about 

 12 miles by water from the St. John's, was composed of yellow sand with consider- 



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